The Personal Survival Skills Collection

The Personal Survival Skills Collection
Item #: PKSPSS09

In an era of financial turmoil, no job is completely safe from the chopping block. To prevent being a victim of budget cuts and downsizing, you need to stand out and deliver results. Soundview’s Personal Survival Skills Collection contains 15 summaries that may prove vital to keeping you where you belong, in your job. This collection teaches you how to separate yourself from the pack with essential business skills such as communication, networking, negotiation, and more.

This collection includes summaries of:

  • Talent Is Never Enough by John Maxwell
  • A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
  • Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
  • And 12 other top summaries (see the full list below)
  • Online format includes summaries in PDF, MP3, HTML, LIT (eBook), and PDB (Palm) formats and is available in your Online Library immediately after purchase.
  • Print format is shipped in a FREE Soundview Binder.
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    PDF, MP3, HTML, eBook, Palm
 PKSPSS09E $105.00  
  • Format:
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 PKSPSS09 $115.00  

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    Talent is Never Enough

    By John Maxwell
    Item #: 2915
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    Words that Work

    By Frank Luntz
    Item #: 2911
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    By Roy Lewicki, Alexander Hiam
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    By Daniel H. Pink
    Item #: 2813
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    Never Eat Alone

    By Keith Ferrazzi
    Item #: 2812
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    By Peter Han
    Item #: 2810
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    By Tony Carlson
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    By John Maxwell
    Item #: 2730
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    By Anne Cooper Ready
    Item #: 2622
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    By David F. D'Alessandro
    Item #: 2604
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    By Annette Simmons
    Item #: 2321
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